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tv dollars per annum in advance i ments inserted at 81 per square for the first ' , for each subsequent insertion court or , i percent higher ., f 33j per cent will be made to thoee | on being slandered y say or do can make tooth or finger nche . shape nor scar my face il â– â– â€¢ out of place : thousand thou sand lies : bus learn d or w ise : i . â€¢ . â– :':â€¢ i-t u-i 1 way t baulk * â– ik -^^--Â¥*~â€” j . lcxingl ." ' if obsereei â– 'â– â– /â€¢'â– porter â– ' * t '.',. 9 noterf<*itius establislnncnl brokcn npand counterfeiters arrested theniosl extensive counterfeiting es tablishment perhaps in the united states l-sbeen just discovered in onr state with miles of this place which has s however been in existence a l;!i of time it is upon the farm owned and occupied by the fa , r of present occupants â€” john banton â€” - ' . owas for years before he left for tex j ted of carrying on the counter ] coin at this establishment in .. if we remember rightly he was twice arrested many years ago on this charge bul being a very astute man with considerable property he was : enabled to escape the punishmcnl ' io which be wasjustl entitled finally 1 wcver he was compelled to leave the lnd at the last accounts from bim as 111 thai hitherto land of refugee felons texas his farm and effects he left in isscssion of his three suns one of whom . since dead where they have been since . siding i seems thai some two months ago (!. v robinson familiarly known about ere as " wash robinson who was rais ! in madison county in this slate and hi followed gambling as a means of od was arrested in columbus georgia for passing counterfeit money tbe money consisted of notes on the bank lesion and the south western rail r :â– ' bank and such was the skill with which they wen executed thai he uc ceeded in passing one hundred and ninety n notes of various denominations from j to 100 upon a keen-sighted bro ker of that place receiving in return gold at bul '-' per cent discount shortly after tbe exchange was made one ofthe notes was upon examination thought lo be not genuine which led to a more critical ex on ofthe whole of them when the ii found to be counterfeit ( ne half ofthe business men of columbus howev er protested thai they were genuine un til events foi c d upon them onviction of their baseness robinson was thereupon arrested but protested vehemently his innocence sta ting thai he was a kentucky drover and i received this money for slock he m his room however was search ed and in the lining ofa fellow lodger's eloak it was discovered that he had con cealed near a thousand dollars of the same money and also a bunch of skeleton keys which he had with him to answer certain w heii his counterfoil money fail he was tried before an examin " court and the evidence being as we ated there was no hesitation as to - guilt and he was sea on for final trial the criminal court shortly after risonment he was taken sick and ill lhal the physician supposed he â€¢. under this belief himself he " v lor several gentlemen and made a ; ssion and detailed all lhe eireum abouf the counterfoil money which â– ii found upon him i le told them procured the money as an agenl â€¢ fits disposal from the bunion's john ind william in lincoln county in this v i uinie ihen was an extensive man ing establishment for notes as well poin and lhat il was in constant opc ile accurately described to them portion of the buildings as well as aratus and gave them the names 1 many of their agents for thc disposal 01 he money throughout the u states m'on the information being furnished " r * a k ayer a merchant of columbus gentleman of ihe highest respecta arted for kentucky and reached stanford on friday last the cstablish thc lianton's is aboul 5 miles from t place a warrant for their arrest athe information of mr ayer having ued that gentleman with lhe sher a number ofthe citizens proceeded fhe farm of the uanlous thev were ut home when they arrived but being he neighborhood were found and ar they then proceeded to the es dishment of the banton's which they i and found the most complete isive establishment for eounter .'--"â€¢ thai is to be found perhaps iu the med slates â€” presses one of which will ully five thousand pounds â€” lamps crucibles with a large quantity ol '*â€¢**'â€¢** and in f ac t every thing necessary ' mlil business the bantons were ta ' stanford tried on saturday and for further trial ihe court'at the me ordering the sheriff to take in ' sion all the above described arti : l wc facts we have from mr ay ls*-'lf to whom the people of ken i"i indeed ot lhe whole i'nion are heavy obligations for his exertions et ing out and breaking up ibis es toent and in bringing the counter to the punishment they will un ledly receive at the hands ofa jury t neand 0iives lf - is â€¢ ait ' 1 i large r,'v a " co ' 0i k v f u f -' coming over to settle in â– for the purpose of cultivating the nd olive trees and for flic manufac 01 v iuc and oil as*jÂ»aÂ»wtÂ«_____________Â»***s*___wmiib*-*-*-e . , brttner & james ) editors & proprietors ( " k,;lr a cbeck â„¢ s ai ' l your ' ' j is sate c new series rv i number 23 ot volume h salisbury n c october 4 1845 from the national intelligencer captain fremont's second exploring expedition c0xtin1 ed we have nowto accompany capt fre ffoxt and ins hardy and adventurous com panions on their homeward route : and in loing so we hardly know whether the courage which never quailed before the tlangers of that route thc perseverance which never fullered before obstacles ap parently the most unconquerable or the promptitude and never-failing resources which furnished the means by which cou rage and perseverance attained their ends are most lo be admired it is sufficient that their happy combination in this in stance led to a successful and most valu able result we are confident that what ever success may attend the third expe dition those engaged in it will deserve to be successful we look for ils return with increasing interest confident that the aggregate production ofthe three ex peditions of capt fkenont will be a source of more than common honor and fame to him and his worthy fellow-labor ers and redound to the credit of thecoun t ry we took leave of the expedition in our notice at the dalles ofthe colum bia about fifteen miles below the falls of the river where capt f had collected a supply of provisions sufficient for his par ty for not less than three months also some live cattle the number of horses and mules mustered by the expedition was 101 for lhe sustenance of which our reliance says the captain was upon the grass which we should find and the sofl porous wood which was to he its sub stitute when there was none the expedition commenced its home ward march on the 25th of november " at the request of mr perkins one of the missionaries alike dalles â€” a chinook indian a lad of nineteen who was extremely anxious to see the whites and make some acquaintance with our institutions was received into the party under my special charge with the understanding that 1 would again return bim to his friends he had lived fur some time in the household of mr perkins and spoke a few words of thc english lan guage the first object which attracted capt fremont's attention was the tlamath lake the route of the expedition was therefore almost directly south on the 30th the narative furnishes the following interest ing scientific information : " continuing a ii'w miles up the left bank ofthe river we encamped early iu an open bottom among the lines a short distance below a lodge ofthe indians here along the river the bluff present escarpments seven or eight hundred feel in height containing strata of a ve ry fine porcelain clay overlaid at thc height of aboul live hundred feet by a massive strat um of compact basalt one hundred feet in thick ness which again is succeeded above by other strata ol volcanic rocks the clay strata are variously colored some of the very line grain ed specimens brought from these have been subjected to microscopical examination by pro fessor bailey of west point and are consider ed by him to constitute one of tin most remark able deposites ol huvia'.ile infusoria on record while they abound in genera aud species which are common in fresh water but which rarely thrive where the water is even brack ish not one decidedly marine form is to be found among ihem ; and iheir fresh-water oiio-in is therefore beyond a doubt it is equal ly certain thai they lived and died atthe situa tion where thev were found.as they could scarce ly have been transported by running waters without tin admixture of sandy particles from which however they aie remarkably five â€” fossil infusoria ofa fresh-water origin had been previously detected by air bailey in specimens brought by mr james d datum from the ter tiary formation of oregon most ofthe spe cies in those specimens differed so much from those now living and known that he was led to inter lhat they might belong to extinct spe cies and considered ihem also as affording prool ol an alteration in the formation from which they were obtained of fresh and salt water deposites which common enough in europe had not hitherto been noticed in the united states coming evidently from a lo cality entirely different our specimens show verv lew species in common with those brought by mr danna but bear a much closer resem blance to those inhabiting the northeastern slates it is possible that they are from a mere recent deposite : but the presence of a few remarkable forms which are common to the two localities renders it more probable tbat there is no great difference in their age the latitude of this place is 11 dog o"j min 23 sec longitude 121 deg 10 min 25 sec after travelling a distance of235 miles from the dalles ol the columbia princi pally through a sandy pine forest on de cember 10 â€” " the country began to improve : and about 11 o'clock we reached a spring of cold water Â« 11 the edge ofa savannah or grassy meadow which our guides informed us was an arm ot lie tlamath lake : and a few miles further we entered upon an extensive meadow or lake of grass surrounded by timbered mountains this was the tlamath lake ll was a pictu resque und beatiful spot and rendered more at tractive to us by the abundant and excellent grass which our animals aftertravelling through pine forests so v much needed ; but the broad sheet of water which constitutes ti lake was n-jt to lie seen overlooking it immediately west were several snowy knobs belonging to what we have considered a branch ofthe cascade range a low point covered with lines made out into the lake i bich afforded us a good dace for an encampment and for the securily of our horses which were guarded in view on the open meadow the character of courage and hostility attributed to the indians of this quar ter induced more than usual perception ; and seeing smokes rising from tfie middle of the lake or savannah anil along lhe opposite shores i directed lhe howitzer to be fired it was the lirst time our guides had seen it discharged and the bursting of lhe shell at a distance which was something like the second fire ofthe gun amazed and bewildered ihem with delight it inspired them with triumphant feelings ; but on the camps at a distance the effect was dif ferent for the smokes in the lake and on tlie shores immediately disappeared " the point on which wc were encamped forms with the opposite eastern shore a nar row neck connecting the body of the lake wilh a deep cove or bay which receives the princi pal affluent stream and over the greater part of which the water or rather ice was at this time dispersed in shallow pools among the grass and scattered over the prairie lake appeared to be similer marshes his simply a shallow basin which for a short period at thc time of melting snows is covered with wa ter from the neighboring mountains but this probably soon runs off and leaves for tlie re mainder ol the year a green savannah through the midst of which the river tlamath which flows to the ocean winds its way to the outlet on the southwestern side december 11 â€” wc have tlie following interesting particulars relative to the tla math indians : " when we had arrived within half a mile ofthe village two persons were seen advan cing to meet t;s ; and to dense the fancy of our gnid es we ranged ourselves into a long line riding abreast which they galloped ahead to meet the strangers " we were surprised on riding up to find one of them a woman having never before a squaw to take any part in the business of war they were the village chief and his wife who in excitement and alarm at the unusual event and appearance had come out to meet their fate t ogether the chief was a very prepos sessing indian with very handsome features and a singularly soft and agreeable as to at tract general notice " the huts were grouped together on the bank ofthe river which from being spread out in a shallow marsh at the upper end ofthe lake was collected here into a single stream they were large round huts perhaps 20 feet in diameter with rounded tops on which was tlie door by which they descended into lie in ter:.jr within they were supported by posts and beams â€¢' almost like plan's these people seem to have adapted themselves to the soil and to be growing on what the immediate locality affor ded their only subsistence at this time ap peared to be a small fish great quantities ol which that had been smoked and dried were suspended on strings about the lodge heaps cf straw were lying around ; and their residence in the midst of graas and rushes had taught them a peculiar skill in converting this materi al to useful purposes their shoes were made ol straw or grass which seemed well adapted for a snowy country and the women wore on their head a closely woven basket which made a verv good cap among other things were parti-colored mats about four feet square which we purchased to lay on the snow under cur blankets and to use for table cloths " numbers of singular-looking dogs resem bling wol\es were sitting on thc tops of the huts ; and of these we purchased a young one which after its birthplace was named tla math the language spoken by these indians is different from lhat of the shoshonee and columbia river tribes ; and otherwise than by signs they cannot understand each other â€” they made us comprehend that they were at war with the people who lived lo the south ward and to the eastward ; but i could obtain from them no certain information thc river on which they live enters the cascade moun tains on the western side of the lake and breaks through them by a passage impractica ble for travellers ; but over the mountains to the northward are passes which presents no other obstacle than in the most impenetrable forests unlike any indians wc had previous ly seen these wore shells in their noses we returned lo our camp after remaining here an hour or two accompanied by a number of in dians 'â– in order to recruit a little the strength of our animals and obtain some acquaintance with the locality we remained here for the re mainder of the day iu observation the lati tude of the camp was 42 56 51 and the di ameter ol the lake or meadow as has been intimated about 20 miles it is a pictures que and beautiful spot : and under the hand of cultivation might become a little paradise lame is found in tbe finest : timbered and stn.wv-mounlaiiis-.kirt it and fertility charac terizes it situated near the heads of three rivers and on the line of inland communica tion with california near to indians noted for treachery it will naturally in the progress of the settlement of oregon become a point lor mili tary occupation and settlement " from tlamath lake the further continua tion of our voyage assumed a character of dis covery and explosion which from the indians here we could obtain no information to direct and where the imaginary maps ofthe country instead of assisting exposed us to suliering and defeat in our journey across the desert ma ry's lake and the famous buenaventura rivert wore two points on which 1 relied to rccrui the animau und repose the party forming 1 agreeably to the best maps in my posession a < connected water-line from the rocky moun 1 tains to the pacific ocean 1 felt no other atixi . t ety than to pass safely across the intervening s desert to the banks of the buenaventura 1 where in the softer climate ol a more southern latitude our horses might find grass to sustain them and ourselves be sheltered from the rig ors of winter and from the inhospitable desort ' the guides who had conducted us thus far on our journey were about to return and i en deavored in vain to obtain others to lead us even lor a few days in the direction east which we wished to go the chief to whom 1 ap plied alleged tlie want of horses and the snow on the mountains across which our course would carry us and sickness of his family as reasons for refusing to go v ith us on the 13th however in the midst of the wood we heard the sound of golloping horses and were agreeably surpaiscd by the unex pected arrival of our tlamath chief with sev eral indians he seemed to have found his ' conduct inhospitable in letting the strangers de â– part without a guide through the snow and had come with a few others to pilot us a day or two on the way on lhe 14th the party struck a stream which subsequent information satisfied capt f was the principal branch ofthe sacramento river ; and consequently that this main affluent ofthe bay of san francisco had its source within the limits of the united states and opposite a tributary to the columbia and near the head ' ofthe tlamath river which goes to the ocean north of 42 and within the united states j " december 15 â€” a present consisting of i useful goods afforded much satisfaction to our guides ; and showing them the national flag 1 explained that it was a symbol of our nation : ; and they engaged always to receive it in a 1 friendly manner the chief pointed out a course by following which wc would arrive at the big water where no more snow was to be ; found on the lglhe of december wc have the following vivid description of thc posi . tion ofthe expedition and ofthe scenery ; which surrounded them ; " wc travelled this morning through snow ! about three feet deep which be ing'crusted ve ry much cut the lect of our animals the '. mountain still gradually rose ; we crossed se vcral spring heads covered with quaking asp ; otherwise it was all pine forest tbe air was i dark with falling snow which every where : weighed down the trees the depths of the ' forest were profoundly still and below we scarce felt a breath of the wind which whirl ed the snow through their branches i found : that it required some exertion of constancy to adhere steadily to one course through the i woods when we were uncertain how far the ; forest extended or whal lay beyond ; and on i account ol our animals it would bo bad to spend another night on the mountain to words noon the forest looked clear ahead ap pearing suddenly to terminate and beyond a certain point we could see no trees riding rapidly ahead to this spot we found ourselves on the verge of a vertical and rocky wall ofthe mountain at our feet â€” more than a thou sand feet below â€” w"e looked into a green prai rie country which a beautiful lake some twen . ty miles in length was spread along the foot of the mountains its shores bordered with green grass just then the sun broke out a mong the clouds and illuminated the country below while around us thc storm raged fierce ly not a particle of ice was to be seen on the lake or snow on its borders and all was like summer or spring the glow of the sun in the valley below brightened up our hearts with sudden pleasures and we made the woods ring with joyful shouts to those behind ; and gradually as each came up he stopped to en joy the unexpected scene shivering on snow three feet deep and stiffening in a cold north wind we exclaimed at once that thc names of summer lake and winter ridge should be applied to these two proximate places of such sudden and violent contrast " we now immediately on the verge of the forest lam in which we had been travelling so so many days : and looking forward to the east scarce a tree was to be seen viewed from our elevation thc lace ofthe country exhibited only rocks and grass and presented a region in which the artemisia became the principal wood furnishing to its scattered inhabitants fu el for their fires building material for their huts and shelter for the small games which ministers to their hunger and nakedness â€” broadly marked by the boundary of the moun tain wiill and immediately below us were the first waters of that great interior basin which has the wahsatch and rear river mountains for its eastern and the sierra nevada ihr its western rim and the edge of which we had en . tercd upwards of three months before at the ireat salt lake " when we had sufficiently admired the scene below we began to think about descending which here was impossible and we returned towards the north travelling always along the rocky wail we continued on for four or five miles making ineffectual attempts at several places and at length succeeded ia getting down atone which was extremely difficult of descent night had closed in before the foremost readi ed the bottom and it was dark before we all found ourselves together in the valley there were three or four half dead dry cedar trees on the shore and those who firsl arrived kindled bright fires to light on the others one ofthe mules rolled over and over two or three hundred feet into a ravine but recovered himself with out any other injury than to his pack ; and the howitzer was left midway the mountain until morning rv observation the latitude of this encampment is 42 57 22 it delayed us until near noon the next day to recover our selves and put every thing in order ; and we made only a short camp along the western ; shore of the lake which in the summer tem erature we enjoyed to-day justified the name we had given it our course would have ta ken us to the other shore and over the high ands beyond bul 1 distrusted the appearance . f the country and decided to follow a plainly icaten indian trail leading along this side ot 1 he lake we were now in a country where scarcity of water and of grass makes travel ling dangerous and great caution was neces sary on christmas day lhe party had made a tour of iti miles from the dalles and were in latitude i*2 deg 00 min ()!Â» sec and longitude about 121 deg conse quently on lhe division-line between ore gon and mexico the narrative says : " vi e were roused on christmas morning by a discharge from the small arms and howitzer wilh which our people saluted the day and the name of which we bestowed on the lake it was the first time perhaps in this remote and desolate region in which it fad been so com memorated always on days of religions or national commemoration ma voyagcurs expect some unusual allowance and having nothing else i gave them each a little brandy which was carefully guarded tis one of the most use ful articles a traveller can carry with some coffee and sugar which here where every eat able was a luxury was sufficient to make them a feast tlie day was sunny and warm ; and resuming our journey we crossed some slight dividing grounds into a similar basin walled iu on the right by a lofty mountain ridge the plainly beaten trail still continued and occasion ally we passed camping grounds of the indians which indicated to tne lhat we were on one ot the great thoroughfares of lhe country in the aflernoon 1 attempted to travel in a more east ; ern direction ; but after a few laborious miles | was beaten back into the basin by an impassa , hie country there were fresh indian tracks . about the valley and last night a horse was sto len we encamped on the valley bottom â€¢ where there was some cream-like water in ' ponds colored by clay soil and frozen over â€” chenopodiaceous shrubs constituted the growth . and made again our lire wood the animals were driven to the hill where there was tolera i bly good grass the general course of the expedition | was now again south on new year's ! eve it had travelled a distance of 571 ; miles from thc dalles and its position was far from being an enviable one i here says capt f we concluded the : year 1843 and our new year's eve was rath er a gloomy one the result of our journey began to be very uncertain : the count iy wa singularly unfavorable to travel : the grasse being frequently of a very unwholesome char i actor and the hoofs of our animals were so won and cut by the rocks thai many of them wen lame and could scarcely be got along u new year's day 1844 â€” we continue down the valley between a dry looking blacl ridge on the left and a more snowy and high one ; on the right our road was bad along ihe bot ! torn being broken by gullies and impeded by ; sage and sandy on tin hills where there is nol a blade of grass nor does any appear ou the , mountains the soil in many places consist of a line powdery sand covered with a saline efflorescence ; and the general character ofthe country is desert on the ad january " a fog so dense that wc ' could not see a hundred yards covered the country and the men that were sent out after the horses were bewildered and lost ; and we were consequently detained at camp until late in the i day our situation had now become a serious one we had reached and run over the posi tion where according to the best maps in my possession we should have found mary's hike or river we were evidently on tlie verge ol the desert which laid been reported tons and the appearance ofthe country was so forbidding that 1 was afraid lo enter it and determined to bear away to the southward keeping close along the mountains in the full expectation of reach ing the buenaventura river this morning i put every man in camp on foot â€” myself ot course among the rest â€” and in this manner lightened by distribution the loads ofthe ani mals we travelled seven or eight miles along the ridge bordering the valley and encamped where there were a few bunches of grass on the bed of a hill torrent without water there were some huge arlimesias : but the principal plants are chenopodiaceous shrubs the rock composing the mountains is here changed sud denly into while granite the fbg showed the tops ofthe hills at sunset ami stars enough tor observations iu the early evening and then closed over u as before latitude by observa tion 40 48 15 " january 4 â€” the fig to-day was still more dense and the people again were bewildered we travelled a few miles around the western point of the ridge and encamped where there were afewtufts of grass bit no water our an imals were in a very alarming state and there was increased anxiety in the camp january 5 â€” same dense fog continued and one of the mule died in camp this morn ing i have had occasion to remark on such occasions as these that animals which are a bout to die leave the band and coming into the camp lie down about the fires on the 6th january they arrived says the narrative at the most extraordinary locality of hut springs we had met during tie j lurney the basin of tlie largest cue ha a circumfer ence of several hundred feet but there is at one extremity a circular pace of about fifteen feet in diameter entirely occupied by the boil ing water it boils up at irregular intervals and with much noise the water is clear and the sjiiinl r deep a pole about sixteen feet long was easily immersed in the centre but we had no means of forming a good idea of the depth it was surrounded on the margin with a border of green grass and near the shore the temper ature of the water was 206 we had no means of ascertaining that ofthe centre where the heat was greatest ; but by dispeisin-.r the water with a pole the temperature at the mar gin was increased to 20s , and iu the centre it was doubtless higher by driving thc pole to wards the bottom the water made to boil up n ith increased force and misc there arc scv â€¢ eral other interesting places wiitc water an i smoke or gas escape but ihey would require a long description the water is impregnated wilh common salt but not so much as to render ituiilitforgener.il cooking and a mixture of snow made it pleasant to drink " our situation now required caution inclu ding those which gave out from the injured con dition of their feet and those stolen by indians we had lost since leaving lhe dalles ofthe co lumbia lil'teen animals ; and of these nine had been left in the last few days i therefore de termined until we should reach a country of water and vegetation lo feel our way ahead by bavin ibe line of mute explored some fifteen or twenty miles in advance and only to leave a present encampment when the succeeding one was known ** taking with me goovy and carson i made to-day a thorough exploration of the neigh boring valleys and found in a ravine in the bordering mountains a good camping place where was water iu springs and a sutli cier.t quantity of grass for a night over shadowing the springs wen some tiees of the sweet cotton-wood which after a long interval of absence we saw again with pleasure regard ing ihem as harbingers of a better country â€” to us they were eloquent of green prairies and buffalo we found here a broad and plain ly marked trail on which there were tracks of horses and we appeared to have regained one of the thoroughfares which pass by the watering places of the country on the western moun tains ofthe valley wilh which this ofthe boiling spring communicates we remarked scattered cedars â€” probably an indication that we were on the borders ofthe timbered region extending to the pacific we reached lhe camp at sunset after a day's ride of about !'â€¢ miles the hors es we rode were in good order being of some that were kept for emergencies and rarely used " mr preuss had ascended one of the moun tains and occupied the day in sketching tho country and mr fitzpatrick had found a few miles distant a hollow of excellent grass and pure water to which the animals were driven as 1 remained another day to give them an op porliinily to recruit their strength indians ap pear lo be every where prowling about liko wild animals and there is a fresh trail across the snow in the valley near " latitude of the boiling springs 10 10 4ti on the 15th of january the expedition i reached the inlet of a large fresh-water ' stream which says captain f â€” we all at once were satisfied was neither mary's river nor the waters ofthe sacramento ! but that we had discovered a large interior lake which the indians informed us bud no outlet â€” it i about ihiily-five miles long and by the mark j ofthe water-line along the shores the spring le vel is about twelve feet above its present waters the chief commenced speaking in a loud voice 1 as we approached ; and parties of indians ann i ed with bows and arrows issued from the thick i ets we selected a strong place for our encamp i ment â€” a grassy bottom nearly enclosed by i bo river and furnished wilh abundant lire-wood â€” ! the village a collection of straw huts was a few hundred yards higher up an indian brought iu a large fish to trade which wj had the inexprcs i sible satisfaction lo lind w.is a salmon troul : wo j gathered around him eagerly the indians were ; amused with our delight and immediately j brought in numbers : so lhat lhe camp was soon stocked their flavor was excellent superior in titct to any fish i had ever known they were of extraordinary size â€” about as large as the columbia river salmon â€” generally from two j to four feet iu length these indians were very fit and appeared : to live an easy and happy life they crowded into the camp more than was consistent with our safety retaining always their arms ; nnd as they made some unsatisfactory demonstrations they were given to understand that they would not be permitted to come armed into lhe camp ; and ; strong guards were kept with the horses strict i vigilance was maintained among lhe people and l one-third at a time were kept on guard during the '. night there is no reason to doubt that theso dispositions uniformly preserved conducted our ' party securely through indians famed for treach ery in the mean time such a salmon-trout feast as is seldom seen was going on in our camp ; and in every variety of manner in which fish could be prepared â€” boiled fried and roasted in the a-hes â€” was put into requisition : and every lew minutes an indian would be seen running off to spear a fresh one whether these indians had seen whites before we could not lie certain ; but they were evidently in communication with others who had as one of them had some brass buttons and we noticed several other articles of civilized manufacture we could obtain from them but little information respecting the coun try thev mad on the ground a draw ing of tho river which they represented as issuing from another lake in lhe mountains three or four days distant in a direction a little west of south ; be r yond which they drew a mountain ; and further still two rivers ; on one of which they told us that people like ourselves travelled whether they alluded to the settlements on thc sacramen to or to a party from the united states which had crossed the sierra about three degrees to tbe southward a few years since i am unable to de termine " i tried unsuccessfully to prevail on some of them to guide us for a few days on the road but thev only looked at each olher and laughed on the 24th of january we meet with the following trait of indian life and man ners : " a man was discovered runnin<i towards tho camp as we were about to start this morning who proved to be an indian of rather advanced age â€” a sort of forlorn hope who seemed to have been worked up into the resolution of vishingtbe strangers who passing ihrough the country â€” he seized the hand ofthe first man he m-.-t as he came up out of breath and held on as if lo as sure himself of protection he brought with him in a little skiu bug a few lbs of the seeds of a pine tree which to-day we saw for lhe lirst lime and which dr torroy has described as a new species under lhe name of pinus monophyuus â€¢ in popular language it might be called the nut pin vve purchased them all from him the mil is oily of very agreeable flavor and must be very nutritious as it constitutes the principal subsistence of the tribes among which we were now ravelling by a present of scarlet cloth and other striking articles we prevailed upon this man to be our guide of two days journey as clearly as possible by signs wc made him understand our object ; and he engag ed to conduct us in sight of a g->od pass which he knew here we ceased to hear the shosho nee language ; that of this man being perfectly unintelligible several indians who had been waiting to see what reception he would meet with now came info camp ; and aecohipnnied by the new corn i ." resumed our journey

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